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Wooden armour
Object Number 69-30-10/2060
Display Title Wooden armour
Descriptions
Object Description Wooden armour. Rod and slat armour. Body armour, of wooden rods and slats twined together with cord was known from the coast of California to the Aleutian Islands. Such cuirasses (combined breast plates and back plates) were worn over a tunic of leather. greaves of twined rods for the lower legs were also worn.
Inventory Description Wooden armor, leather shoulder straps, wood wrapped in thread.
Classification
  • Armor
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Tlingit
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
North America / United States / Alaska
Materials Wood, Leather, Thread
Dimensions Overall: 70.5 x 65.5 cm (27 3/4 x 25 13/16 in.)
Quantity 1
Provenance
Collector Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1867-1868)
Donor Capt. Edward Gustavus Fast (1869)

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